[CREATE] OpenType: summary of LGM workshop

[Behdad Esfahbod]

FWIW, Pango patch went in yesterday:

  https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=738505

behdad

On 15-05-07 05:30 PM, Nathan Willis wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> Big thanks to everybody who came to the OpenType feature-support workshop last
> Saturday, and to the LGM local organizing team for hosting us.  I think it
> went quite well.
> 
> In an attempt to organize what went down so that moving forward will be
> easier, I wrote up a summary of the session as best I could on my blog:
> http://www.freesoftwhere.org/2015/05/07/opentype-workshop-lgm-2015/
> 
> It's probably overly wordy.  But if I got something terribly wrong, please let
> me know.  If I simply left something out, also let me know, but I'll probably
> save that for an update.
> 
> The practical bits to be aware of for those interested in the project:
> 
> - We're going to use this list to coordinate.
> 
> - I've set up a GitHub organization here:
> https://github.com/opensource-opentype that you can join, which we can use for
> wiki & documentation and/or tracking stuff.  Something on Google+ or FDo may
> follow later.
> 
> - A few people took on some tasks.  Peter is looking to explore how
> typographers & other users approach/use OpenType features.  Behdad has several
> bugs in his sights, and is going to work on adding support for querying and
> reporting features in font files.  I am going to research feature
> implementations in existing fonts and hopefully come up with some test fonts
> (one way or another).
> 
> There isn't much of a timeline at present, since this is rather exploratory at
> this stage and how much support people have from their various employers for
> devoting time to the project varies.  But if you're interested, I hope you'll
> get involved.  I know there will need to be work at the application and
> library level to several pieces, so if it's something that strikes your
> interest, your help is more than welcome.
> 
> Thanks,
> Nate
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> nathan.p.willis
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> 
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